Snowboarding again!

On Tuesday the 4th Emi and I went Snowboarding again.
Monday evening I left work at 6:30 and headed home. A quick change of clothes and packing of bags and off round the corner to catch a coach at 8pm.
Coach deposited up at Shinjuku, Tokyo at about 9:30pm and by 10:45 we were on another coach headed for Miyoko Suginohara in Nigata prefecture!
We arrived at about 6:30am and headed off to the hotel that was to be our base. Just after were turned up 3 people lit up and the room filled with smoke so Emi and I stood outside in the freezing cold until 7am. Then it was quick change and we were on the slopes by 8am!
As it was mid week it was quite quiet and there was fresh snow on the ground - it is so easy to control a board on virgin snow. Also the main run was really good - it was varied in steepness and width and despite mostly being a red run I could cope. It was also very long, taking 1 hour for each run including riding the ski lift.
For lunch we stopped off at Mont Blange (I'm sure it should be Mont Blanc), I resturant at the side of the main run half way down. Emi and I both had Japanese Curry rise.
Afternoons boarding was a little harder as some areas we slushy, some were icy and it was all cut up by now.
at 3pm we got back to the hotel and got showered and changed before everyone else got back. The at 4:30 we got on a coach and slept most of the way to Shinjuku. Then it was train home and to bed.
Back to work in the morning and after a number of high speed wipeouts the day before (well high speed for me i.e. more than running pace) my arms and left bum cheek were sore!